Green River Narrows Race names winners in seven categories

At noon on Saturday, Nov. 2, 121 racers set off down the Green River Narrows in Henderson and Polk Counties. Battling the cold November waters, racers fought for the top times in seven different categories: Long K-1 (single paddler – long kayak), K-1W (single paddler – women’s division), C-1 (sprint canoe), K-1 hand paddlers, Short K-1, Short K-1W and open canoe.

The Green River Narrows is a 2.9-mile section of the Green River located about 35 miles south of downtown Asheville. This section of the river is well-known to paddlers as one of the roughest white water runs in the Eastern United States.

Of the 121 racers, several competed in multiple categories, totaling 147 runs down the rapids.

An awards party followed from 6-11 p.m. in downtown Saluda, behind Thompson’s Store Ward’s Grill, honoring those who placed or set records in their respective divisions.

About Hayley Benton

Current freelance journalist and artist. Former culture/entertainment reporter at the Asheville Citizen-Times and former news reporter at Mountain Xpress. Also a coffee drinker, bad photographer, teller of stupid jokes and maker-upper of words. I can be reached at hayleyebenton [at] gmail.com. Follow me @HayleyTweeet

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